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8/14/2008 AXUM: SOTC Fate & NPCs
Hello again! I was wondering if you have any suggestions on running the Antagonist's Fate points (how to use them, etc.): Do you suggest to play it fast & loose,…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: AXUM, Mel_White.

8/14/2008 AXUM: SOTC: PCs helping each other
What's the process if PCs want to accomplish something with cooperation (like lifting a heavy object, or building a sophisticated computer)?  I'm unable to find the official rules. Thanks AXum
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: AXUM, Mel_White.

8/14/2008 Jargon: Ways to sell more narrativist or indie-like games to traditional players?
I was just wondering if the great minds here at the Forge would have any tips for trying to sell narrativist and more indie-like rpgs to the traditional gaming public?…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jargon, Vulpinoid, Eliarhiman6, dindenver, greyorm, The Dragon Master.

8/14/2008 chronoplasm: [Townsfolk] Power 19 2.0
1.) What is your game about?** Imagine Harvest Moon if the crops you were trying to harvest were monsters that fight back. In Townsfolk, you play as a peasant in…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm, Greg 1, dindenver, whiteknife.

8/14/2008 whiteknife: Forgotten: Why have a past?
I’ve been working on a game lately that I’ve come to call “Forgotten” (although I think that I might need a new name seeing how common the one I’ve picked…
In First Thoughts
Participants: whiteknife, imago, chance.thirteen.

8/14/2008 Chronologist: Destiny RPG
So this is my first time here at The Forge, so I'm unsure as to what's really going on. None the less, here's what I've come up with. It's not…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Chronologist, whiteknife, imago, Vulpinoid, xenopulse.

8/13/2008 Vulpinoid: The Eighth Sea now available
To the Forgers, Just a note to say thank-you to those people around here who provided feedback and who helped me get this project together. Time to move on to…
In Publishing
Participants: Vulpinoid.

8/13/2008 chronoplasm: Which Would you Prefer?
1) This is a dark, gritty game where you are a simple peasant trying to fight off a horde of zombies that are attacking your town. You have no knights…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm, chance.thirteen, Vulpinoid, Eliarhiman6, dindenver.

8/13/2008 LordEntropy: Chase Scenes
This is a cross post of a thread over on RPG.NET but the OP and myself have not had any answers yet. The OP has written up a chase sequence…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: LordEntropy, iago, Mel_White.

8/13/2008 Tasseomancer: How long do Rollovers bonuses last?
I know you are very busy what with GenCon coming up so take you time and answer at your leisure. How long do Rollovers bonuses last? I don't think it…
In Adept Press
Participants: Tasseomancer, Ron Edwards, Melinglor.

8/13/2008 Peter Nordstrand: While We Were Fighting — Ties of Blood?
I have friends whose excellent and very funny cardgame Spank the Monkey turned out to be almost unsellable in the US, while it is a great commercial success in the…
In Publishing
Participants: Peter Nordstrand.

8/13/2008 imago: [Coraçao Selvagem] Missing Ability
See Coraçao Selvagem's Power 19 (for details about the project and context for this thread). I haven’t been able to go back to this project, among other things, because my…
In First Thoughts
Participants: imago, Abkajud, Selene Tan, Wyldstorm, chance.thirteen.

8/13/2008 imago: [Forgotten Tales] Power 19 and feedback request
This is my Power 19 for a new idea I’ve been working on the last days. I really need feedback on the effects of lack of advancement (12 and 13),…
In First Thoughts
Participants: imago, whiteknife, Greg 1, Dustin Bingham.

8/11/2008 Tasseomancer: Complex Conflict Clarification
Hi, I've been reading Sex & Sorcery and have been trying to get my head round the Dice Diagrams section. I've read the first example, and I'm not sure if…
In Adept Press
Participants: Tasseomancer, Ron Edwards.

8/10/2008 maov: Combat system
I have made a new game system, because i got endless tired of the regular ones and needed something that all my players would find enjoyable. They like combat tactics…
In First Thoughts
Participants: maov, Vulpinoid, epweissengruber.

8/9/2008 anansi: [FitV] Help me out with my Moontown
So, I'm preparing my first game of FitV, and its my first attempt at town creation using DitV. I'm planning on using it as a test game for my local…
In lumpley games
Participants: anansi, Falc, Selene Tan, Warren.

8/9/2008 Filip Luszczyk: Polish translation of key phrases
The following translation is neither literal nor especially accurate. We wanted the phrases to sound somewhat pretentious and just a bit archaic, but our main priority was that they fit…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Ben Lehman.

8/9/2008 jasonm: BPG At Gen Con
We're a primary sponsor of the Forge booth this year, so come find Steve or myself at booth 1939.  We'll have Grey Ranks, The Shab Al-Hiri Roach, and our revised,…
In Bully Pulpit Games
Participants: jasonm.

8/8/2008 SirValence: {GenCon 2008] Forge Booth: Exhibitor arrival
Maybe some of these have been covered elsewhere, but I have a few remaining questions: 1. How do we pick up our Forge badges? Can we get them at the…
In Conventions
Participants: SirValence, segedy, iago, Ron Edwards, btrc.

8/8/2008 Melinglor: [Sorcerer] Cascadiapunk: New Wrinkles and Old Habits
We played the second session last night. First session can be found here. It was pretty fun, but I have mixed feelings about some emerging play trends and how I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Melinglor, Ron Edwards, Reithan.

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8/15/2008 septrax: Hi i tought this was
Hi there im new here and think this looks liek a very active forum :) Well the reason i foudn this forum is that my friend said that the forge…
In Site Discussion
Participants: septrax, dindenver, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards.

8/15/2008 burner2501: Step One
After listening to many podcasts and hearing about all these wonderful indie RPGs I checked a few of them out at Origins this year and took Burning Wheel (with Jihad…
In First Thoughts
Participants: burner2501, Selene Tan, greyorm, Catalyst N.

8/16/2008 JackTheOwner: [Amina Prime] Some issue and bugs
Sorry for grammar and short description, but English is not my native language. We were playing using poker chips, with only two persons (Me as the GM and Filip as…
In Playtesting
Participants: JackTheOwner, xenopulse, Filip Luszczyk.

8/16/2008 Mark D. Eddy: [DitV] An old-book Traveller experience, almost
So, I've finally gotten a group together to play Dogs. Five Dogs, which is just slightly insane, and we're halfway through our first town. In the Accomplishments phase, one of…
In lumpley games
Participants: Mark D. Eddy, oliof, Filip Luszczyk, Eliarhiman6, lumpley, David Artman, Ramidel.

8/16/2008 tomg: Wake Up or Die! - Do I even need a GM?
I'm working on my first design - Wake Up or Die! about comatose people trying to keep from being consumed by otherworldly creatures.  The game is found here:  http://tomgurg.googlepages.com/home. My…
In First Thoughts
Participants: tomg, whiteknife, Vulpinoid, EdEdEd.

8/16/2008 Eldrad: One Roll type system
I used to have a game called punks and the system worked like this. You had seven attributes that you rolled 7d10. This total was the hit points. Average HP…
In Playtesting
Participants: Eldrad, Vulpinoid.

8/18/2008 jasonm: [Medical Hospital] Indianapolis General
I had the good fortune to run two playtests of Medical Hospital at Gen Con with some great people.  Both were fun but highlighted a number of issues with the…
In Playtesting
Participants: jasonm, Graham Walmsley.

8/19/2008 marsuniversity: What Should We Consider When Selecting a Company Name?
Hello everyone.  As a first-time poster, please forgive me if this topic has been posted too many times in the past (a quick search revealed only a few similar topics),…
In Publishing
Participants: marsuniversity, David Artman, guildofblades, Dan Maruschak, Ron Edwards, segedy.

8/19/2008 mrduncanwright: Noir, Mist, and Horror (looking for artists)
These are the three elements of my home-written RPG. I'm looking for cover art (color) and interior art (black and white) with amazing style that captures at least 2 of…
In Connections
Participants: mrduncanwright, northerain.

8/19/2008 jlhburnett: [Beowulf--ashcan] Advantage Dice and Multi-Character Conflicts
I picked up the Beowulf ashcan at Gencon, and I'm diggin' it.  I'd not had a chance to check out "In A Wicked Age..." yet, so this is my first…
In glyphpress
Participants: jlhburnett, nikola.

8/19/2008 TonyLB: GenCon: Misery Bubblegum 1/7
#1 of 7 games played at GenCon: I started out the weekend with a nice, small game with two other players.  I'm pretty dang sure that I know their names,…
In Playtesting
Participants: TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, Paka, Landon Darkwood.

8/19/2008 rabindranath72: [Sorcerer] Hyborian Age as a S&S setting
Hi all, new to the boards, new to Sorcerer and Sorcerer & Sword, bought them two days ago, and I literally devoured them. Excellent material! I have been searching for…
In Adept Press
Participants: rabindranath72, Ron Edwards, epweissengruber, Finarvyn, Vortigern, Christopher Kubasik, The Dragon Master.

8/19/2008 TonyLB: Misery Bubblegum Playtesters Wanted
I'm going to be trying "Playtest by Chain-letter" to get some blind-playtest mojo going.  Basically, this isn't a game that I can (or would) distribute to you electronically:  I gotta…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: TonyLB, Myrmidon.

8/19/2008 Raeth: [Options System] Intro / wounding system
[font=Trebuchet MS][size=15pt][b]Intro[/b][/size] Hello-hello. I'm Nick. I've been working on a system for several years now, mostly all on my own. My system, called the Options System for now, focuses on…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Raeth, whiteknife, dindenver, chance.thirteen.

8/19/2008 Kalladeron: Dice Mechanic -Need a Help
Firstly, excuse me for possible English mistakes, I am Brazilian and as I believe that you know that English is far away from being our language mother.    It is…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Kalladeron, imago.

8/19/2008 lopes-gabriel: Music for Shock
[b]Music for Shock! Some stuff that I like to listen to while I´m  playing![/b] [b]Ghosts – Nine Inch Nails[/b] (wonderful for [b]lonely industrial landscapes[/b]) Free download at http://ghosts.nin.com/main/order_options [b]Mind is…
In glyphpress
Participants: lopes-gabriel, nikola.

8/20/2008 sirogit: [WGP] Jumper Hellboy and an Art teacher take on star girl and a yeti.
I'm 3 sessions into a WGP game. We choose a setting that's 'kind of like sunnydale', a suburban community that's serene conformist outside with corruption and evil powers and people…
In Actual Play
Participants: sirogit.

8/20/2008 LemmingLord: Capes at GenCon - D-Day Capes Style
The best two hours of the best four days of gaming was playing out an alternate D-Day.  Many thanks to Tony for showing me how the system works in practice. …
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: LemmingLord, TonyLB.

8/20/2008 Paka: Dark Pages Imprint: Zeppelin City Set-up
A few friends of mine are moving back into town and I was excited to read that DarkPages prefers a GM and one or two players.  I have been enjoying…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paka, Jared A. Sorensen, Spooky Fanboy.

8/20/2008 Helix: [Poison'd] Character Sheet / Cheat Sheets?
Hi. I just demoed and bought this game at Gen Cont his year. It should be a blast to play with my group. I remember seeing a character type sheet....had…
In lumpley games
Participants: Helix, lumpley.

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